Sewing-cabinet.



PATENTED APR. 17, 1906. VAN NESS H. BOGARDUS.

SEWING CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED 1UG.2,1905.

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VAN NESS HUDSON BOGARDUS, OF

OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM T. NOA'D, OF

TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGN'OR TORRINGTON, CON N ECTlCUT.

SEWING-CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'ir'atented April 1'7, 1906.

Application filed August 2, 1905. Serial No. 272,340.

To all 'La7/1,0m, t may concern: j

Be it known that 1, VAN NESS HUDSON BoGAEDUs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Torrington, in the county of Litchield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful lmprovef ments in Sewing-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to Sewing-cabinets, and is designed to provide certain new and useful improvements in such devices, so as to render the same particularly adapted for use as sewing-cabinets.

It is proposed to divide the cabinet into upper and lower receptacles, one of which is arranged for containing spool-cotton, pins and needles, buttons, and the like in position for convenient access, while the lower receptacle is adapted for containing finished and unnished work.

Another object of the invention is to equip the device with a cutting or lap board to enable the supporting of a lap board upon the back of the cabinet out of the way when not in use and to provide for facilitating the removal of the board from the back of the cabinet and the mounting of the same across the front of the cabinet in position for use.

l/Vith these and other objects in view the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a sewing-cabinet embodying the features of the present invention with the lid of the upper receptacle open and the lap-board in position for use. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the upper receptacle closed and the work-board supported at the back of the cabinet. Fig. 3 is a horizontal cross-sectional view of the lower receptacle. Fig. 4; is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the cabinet. Fig. 5 is a detail fragmentary view of a side of one of the receptacles.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in each of the figures of the drawings.

The present embodiment of my invention includes a pair of rear legs or standards 1 and a pair of front legs or standards 2, the rear standards rising to a suitable height above the front standards and each of the standards being provided at its lower end with a caster-roller 3. The several leg-stand`ards are connected adjacent their lower ends by the four upright sides of a lower receptacle,

each Side consisting of a plurality of upright l slats 4, which are connected upon their outer sides by means of ornamental cross-bars 5. External metallic corner-brackets 8 embrace the legs, and internal corner-brackets 9 are fitted within the receptacle, there being fas tenings 10, such as bolts, passed through the inner and outer brackets and the leg-standards, whereby the sides are clamped between the brackets and secured to the legs.

As illustrated in Fig. 1, there is a lapboard or work-board 11 of any common or approved form, which when in use is adapted to rest upon the top of the lower receptacle, or, to be more correct, the board rests upon the upper ends of the front legs 2 and brackets or projections 12, carried by the rear legs 1, said brackets having pins 12a, that engage small holes 12b in the under side of the board to hold the same in place. When the workboard is not in use, it is supported in an upright position at the back of the rear legs, with its lower edge resting upon brackets 18, carried by the lower portions of the legs 1 and provided at their outer ends with upstanding shoulders 14 to prevent lateral disf placement of the board. The upper end of the board is held in place by a turn-buttoiior rotatable hook-shaped keeper 15, carried by the upper receptacle hereinbefore referred to. As best shown in Fig. 1, it will be noted that the rear edge of the work-board is provided with a pair of notches 16, constituting seats to receive the front sides of the rear legs 1 When the board is in its operative position, whereby the board is held against endwise displacement.

The upper receptacle, hereinbefore referred to, is designated 17 and is provided with a bottom 18 of single thickness, while the bottom 19 of the lower receptacle is preferably formed double, as shown. This upper receptacle is formed of a plurality of closely-fitted upright slats 4, attached to cross-bars 5a. From Fig. 5 it will be noted that one end of each cross-bar 5a is provided with a tongue 6, and the other end is provided with a notch or seat 7, itbeing designed to have the tongue or projection of one crossbar fit within the seat or notch of the corre- IOOv spending cross-bar on the adjacent side. In addition to being clamped to the legs 1, as described for the lower receptacle, the upper receptacle is sup orted by suitable brackets 20, carried by t e legs 1 and engaging the under side of the upper receptacle. A suitable lid or cover 21 is hinged to the back of the upper receptacle, as at 22, and is held in its open position by means of suitable braces 23. (Shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawings.) Any form of paneling or other ornamentation may be provided upon the top of the lid. Within the upper receptacle 17 there is a slidable box or drawer 30, which is slidably supported at each end upon a cleat or rail 31 and is onlyabout one-half of the distance from the front to the back of the receptacle, so as to give convenient access to the lower portion ofthe latter. This drawer is designed for the reception of buttons and the like.

If desired, upstanding ornamental brackets 32 may be secured to the standards 1 and against which the workboard 11 engages when supported at the back of the cabinet. This Ystandard can be formed of metal and cast integral with the leg 1, if desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is- 1. A sewing-cabinet comprising a receptacle supported on front and rear legs, the rear legs rising above the top of the receptacle, projections upon said legs, a work board capable of being supported upon said projections and the front legs of the receptacle when in use, and means to support the work-board in an upright position against the back ofthe rear legs when the board is not in use.

2. A sewing-cabinet comprising a receptacle supported on front and rear legs, the rear legs rising above the top of the receptacle,

. means for connecting the top of the rear legs together, a work-board capable of being supported upon the top of the receptacle when in use, brackets upon the lower portions oi the rear legs for the sup ort of the workboard when not in use, an a shiftable keeper attached to said connection of the upper portion of the legs for engagement with the board to removably hold the same upon the brackets.

3. A sewing-cabinet comprising a lower receptacle supported on front and rear legs, the rear legs rising above the receptacle, an upper receptacle carried by the rear legs, a work-board capable of being supported upon the top of the lower receptacle when in use and means for supporting the board on the back of the rear legs when not in use.

4. A sewing-cabinet comprising a lower receptacle supported on front and rear legs formed of a series of upright slats, the rear legs rising above the receptacle, an upper receptacle also formed of a series of upright slats and carried by the rear legs, av workboard capable of being supported upon the top of the lower receptacle when in use and means for supporting the board on the back of the rear legs when not in use.

5. In a sewing-cabinet, the combination oi' a lower receptacle supported on front and rear legs, the rear legs rising above the receptacle, an upper receptacle carried by the upper ends of the rear legs, a hinged cover for the upper receptacle, a work-board capable of being supported upon the top of the lower receptacle when in use, and means to support the board upon the back of the rear legs when not in use.

Signed at Torrington, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, this 13th day of July, A. D. 1905.

l VAN NESS HUDSON BOGARDUS.

Witnesses:

MARGUERITE V. DwYER, WILLARD A. RORABACK. 

